Thanks to all who voted. The results were 4 votes for traditional seasonal cards, 3 votes for handmade cards, and 2 votes for photo cards. No one voted for my favorite - skip the card, send the newsletter. While I am a big fan of all interesting cards, especially handmade ones, I'd rather have the newsletter. DH and I have lived all over the world and have friends scattered across the globe. Christmas is often the only time when we here from some of our friends. I love the chatty newsletter telling me what someone's been up to. It's even better if it contains pictures, especially pictures of the adults and not just the kids.
Besides the totally preprinted cards, my other pet peeve is photo cards that only ever contain pictures of the kids. I appreciate the argument that only the kids are significantly changing from year to year, but the adults are generally the ones with whom I am friends, and I'd like to see a picture of them every couple of years too. My favorite photo card this year was one of DH's cousin's family taken while riding a flume at the amusement park. It made me wish it were summer already.
So, you might ask, what does C do for her cards? Well, for most of the years we've been married, we've sent out traditional cards with newsletters. Sometimes the newsletters have been incredibly brief - like the year in San Diego where I managed in 10 pt type to fit all of our news on the front of a quarter sheet of paper. In 2004, I switched to making cards (plus newsletters). This year, we did photo cards with a newsletter. Our photo cards had 3 photos - 1 of each of the girls plus a family shot. It's the best picture of me I've seen since our wedding.
What did you do this year? What was the favorite card you received?
2 comments:
I liked my cousin's card--oversize postcard style with a photo (on cardstock, so a little bit different) of their family on the beach. Adults in beach chairs and kids buried up to their necks in sand. They also labeled how old the girls were. A nice keepsake.
I sent mostly handmade New Year's cards, and if you haven't received yours it's because they are riding around in the backseat of the car. The PO is only across the street; you'd think I could manage!
Hi C in CD,
I have just now noticed that you are blogging again. Happy New Year to you and your family, especially your lovely baby daughters!
As far as greeting cards is concerned, I do not like them at all. Mostly because of their impersonal character. When I worked at the University I often watched my colleagues signing their cards during breaks or conferences. Everybody knows what people write in the cards - almost nothing :-)). What I prefer is a telephone call or a nice hand written letter for those who live far from us. For those friends and family whom I can meet, I usually give a small souvenir with some personal touch. Part of the fun is to buy/make something which will make your "recipient" happy.
You know I am from a different culture and that is our Russian way to greet people.
Happy weekend,
Olga
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